I think this song's about approaching a relationship with a sort of religious devotion and fantasy, only to have it crumble and destroy your faith in love. There are a lot of allusions to religion (halos, angel, purest light, kneel and weep, visions, heaven). The narrator at first seems redeemed by the relationship, he imagines it to complete his life and perfect him. Yet the relationship is ultimately flawed because the narrator is ultimately flawed. He is stuck between being miserable because he is too troubled to make his girl complete, yet he is miserable without her.
Verse 1:
The narrator has found love, and has been purified through it, although he was not pure to begin with. A beautiful future of love, trust, and loyalty is imagined. "Oh, If your eyes water, you've got your favorite number to spin" = Call me when you're down?
Verse 2:
The narrator is too troubled by his own demons to create the bliss he once imagined. Instead he only destroys the relationship with his own inner violence.
"I'm caught in a whirlwind
I'm going to heaven"
Remembering the nameless wish he called bliss once?
"I'm standing on trial and it's painted on canvas
An eternal testament to how we are so animalistic"
Only to find that he was not judged worthy of bliss?
This line is my favorite, yet I feel I understand it the least.
Verse 3:
The narrator decided to pick himself up instead of wallow in shame, and start anew. Only, the thought of new life without love causes him to metaphorically die.
Sorry if this is a shitty interpretation. But I listen to this song over and over and still have trouble understanding it. I guess that's what makes it so great.
I think this song's about approaching a relationship with a sort of religious devotion and fantasy, only to have it crumble and destroy your faith in love. There are a lot of allusions to religion (halos, angel, purest light, kneel and weep, visions, heaven). The narrator at first seems redeemed by the relationship, he imagines it to complete his life and perfect him. Yet the relationship is ultimately flawed because the narrator is ultimately flawed. He is stuck between being miserable because he is too troubled to make his girl complete, yet he is miserable without her.
Verse 1: The narrator has found love, and has been purified through it, although he was not pure to begin with. A beautiful future of love, trust, and loyalty is imagined. "Oh, If your eyes water, you've got your favorite number to spin" = Call me when you're down?
Verse 2: The narrator is too troubled by his own demons to create the bliss he once imagined. Instead he only destroys the relationship with his own inner violence.
"I'm caught in a whirlwind I'm going to heaven"
"I'm standing on trial and it's painted on canvas An eternal testament to how we are so animalistic"
Verse 3: The narrator decided to pick himself up instead of wallow in shame, and start anew. Only, the thought of new life without love causes him to metaphorically die.
Sorry if this is a shitty interpretation. But I listen to this song over and over and still have trouble understanding it. I guess that's what makes it so great.